"Maybe you're just all amazing people," he said, and although it was a cheesy thing to say, there was a sense of sweetness and sincerity behind it that made it...well, if not completely okay, at least less cheesy. Reese genuinely did care, and it didn't hurt anything that Lydia was absolutely beautiful.
"But yeah, I do want to stay with you." He could tell her that it was strange to be all by himself, that it wasn't natural for werewolves, but they had a strong code of secrecy, and he wasn't going to break that. He was used to something like that endangering both of their lives. "As friends, of course." Or more. But he was going to leave that in her court.